weaponless
waffenlos
Lacking a weaponLacking a weapon.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Lacking a weapon.
waffenlos
without a weapon
Translations
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By meaning 1
lacking a weapon:
Origin
From Middle English wepenles, from Old English wǣpenlēas, from Proto-Germanic *wēpnalausazFrom Middle English wepenles, from Old English wǣpenlēas, from Proto-Germanic *wēpnalausaz, equivalent to weapon + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woapenloos (“weaponless”), Dutch wapenloos (“weaponless”), German waffenlos (“weaponless”), Danish våbenløs (“weaponless”), Swedish vapenlös (“weaponless”), Icelandic vopnlaus (“weaponless”).
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